The human heart and brain produce ultra-weak magnetic signals, and researchers at the Institute of Photonic Sciences near Barcelona have overcome a limit previously considered insurmountable and managed to detect these signals. The findings, published in Nature, promise to have many applications, such as in image diagnosis, the detection of gravitational waves and for atomic clocks in navigation

STAFF | MARCH 24TH, 2011

Thanks to a chemical modification to phthalates used in the fabrication of industrial plastics, researchers at Spain’s Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) have succeeded in permanently attaching PVC molecules to plastics so that they are not released into the surrounding environment.

Staffl | 5 may 2010

The public presentation of the synchrotron, held yesterday in style, has left some unanswered questions. Among them what will happen to the two Spanish research lines operating at the synchrotron in Grenoble. "It is being decided", said Jordi Benach yesterday, scientist of the Xaloc BL13 line of Alba.

Ànnia Monreal | 23 March 2010

A researcher from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) has discovered a new mathematical model that describes, for the first time ever, the fracture process of materials such as glass, polymers, concrete, ceramics, metals, rocks and even some geological fractures. The research is published in the journal 'Nature'.

Staff | 12 March 2010